Tearmoon Empire: Volume 7

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 7
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2022-03-28
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371608

Just as Mia’s getting ready to take it easy for a while, her old friend the great famine comes knocking again, this time in the form of a complete collapse of Forkroad & Co.’s business. Without their logistics, Mia’s famine prevention plan is now critically hobbled. You’d think surviving an assassination attempt would entitle her to some rest and recreation—so much for taking it easy! As she investigates the source of all this, an old name from her past life resurfaces, along with a host of bitter memories associated with it—Shalloak Cornrogue, the Merchant King. Remembering the indignity she once suffered at his hands, a wolfish smile creeps across her face. No one picks a fight with Mia Luna Tearmoon and gets away with it. Not indefinitely, at least. Time for some payback. Unbeknownst to her, said payback will take Mia all the way to Perujin, dragging in a multitude of people and culminating in a showdown that will change the fate of the entire country forever...

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 1

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 1
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2020-02-24
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371489

Surrounded by the hate-filled gazes of her people, the selfish princess of the fallen Tearmoon Empire, Mia, takes one last look at the bleeding sun before the guillotine blade falls... Only to wake back up as a twelve-year-old! With time rewound and a second chance at life dropped into her lap, she sets out to right the countless wrongs that plague the ailing Empire. Corrupt governance? Check. Border troubles? Check. Natural calamities and economic strife? Check. My, seems like a lot of work. Hard work and Mia don’t mix, so she seeks out the aid of others, starting with her loyal maid, Anne, and the brilliant minister, Ludwig. Together, they strive day and night to restore the Empire. Little by little, their tireless efforts begin to change the course of history, pushing the whole of the continent toward a new future. And why did the selfish princess have a change of heart, you ask? Simple—she didn’t. She’s just terrified of the guillotine. They hurt like hell, and Mia hates pain more than work. Lazy, selfish, and a complete coward, the ill-equipped princess of the Tearmoon Empire, armed with memories of her past life and a diary from the future, tries to avoid dying at the guillotine again and changes the very course of history in the process!

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 6

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 6
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2021-11-08
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371586

Mia has a problem. It’s not defeating Ruby at the Horsemanship Tournament. She enjoyed that. Nor is it winning the allegiance of the Redmoons and gaining access to their military might. That was positively brilliant. No, her problem is the fact that she still has no idea what’s going to happen during the Holy Eve Festival. And she really needs to know, because the Princess Chronicles continues to predict her death that day! With her assassination drawing ever closer, she grows steadily more anxious. Desperate times call for desperate measures. So, Mia resolves to...go mushroom picking! After all, if she's going to die soon, she might as well start working on her bucket list, and at the very top is enjoying some exquisite mushroom stew. Conveniently, Bel shows up with her new and first-ever friend, Citrina Yellowmoon, who happens to know a thing or two about mushrooms. What perfect timing! Ready to indulge in some fungal foraging fun, Mia prepares to head off to the forest...

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 3

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 3
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2020-12-12
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371527

Half a year has passed since the Remno revolution ended. Spring has rolled around again, bringing with it what Mia considers to be one of the most important occasions of the year — spring break. Freed from the duties of school and station, she’s ready to seize the day! By which she means, of course, do absolutely nothing productive and lounge around in bed all day. Her indolent plans are cut short, however, when her own granddaughter, Bel, is whisked backwards through time and deposited in front of her. Just when she thought she was finally done with worrying about the guillotine, she learns of the grisly future awaiting her, in which a war of succession rends the empire in two. Mia herself has been killed by poison, and Bel narrowly avoided execution by leaping through time. As if that wasn’t enough, she discovers that this terrible chain of events can be traced back to Rafina’s tragic transformation into a dictator. Altering the course of history will, of all things, require her to defeat Rafina in the upcoming election for student council president! Underprepared, polling abysmally, and trailed by a granddaughter who inherited all her, erm, Mia-est bits, she once again finds herself at a historical turning point... without the faintest clue of what she's supposed to do!

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 5

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 5
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2021-07-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 171837156X

Mia’s summer cruise has turned into a full-blown adventure! Stranded on a deserted island sans boat and supplies, she and her friends need to figure out how to survive. Well, she and most of her friends, because Esmeralda has gone missing! The group decides to split up to look for her, and Mia gets paired up with Abel. Hey, maybe being stuck on an island isn’t so bad! Especially if it means she gets to be alone with her sweetheart. Little does she know, deep within the island lies a dark secret lost to time. In unearthing it she will learn the hidden truth of the Tearmoon Empire... and how it’s inextricably linked to her own morbid fate. Can Mia break free of the bonds of history and avert her ever-impending doom? Maybe, but not before she gets in some quality flirting time! After all, Mia’s primary concern is and always will be herself, and the only bond she’s interested in right now is the one with Abel. Too bad the island isn’t about to let her have her way...

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 4

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 4
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2021-04-11
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371543

Mia just can’t get a break! She ran for student president, won the election, and bent the arc of history away from the calamitous developments Bel foretold. You’d think saving the future would be enough to earn her some rest, but all she got for her troubles was an urgent letter from Ludwig requesting her immediate return to the empire. She sets out for Tearmoon, only to learn upon arriving that the academy city, which she was counting on to develop that new strain of wheat, is now falling apart before their very eyes. The headmaster? Bailed on them. The teachers? Fleeing by the boatload. The project itself? At risk of grinding to a halt. And to make matters worse, the Greenmoons are apparently the ones behind it all! Ludwig offers a solution: they need a new headmaster with enough clout to stop the exodus of teachers, and his former master fits the bill. Sounds great! The only problem is... the man’s a stubborn old badger who hates nobles with a burning passion!

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 2

Tearmoon Empire: Volume 2
Author: Nozomu Mochitsuki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2020-07-19
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718371500

It’s the summer holidays, and Mia’s on a roll. Ever since the spoiled princess of Tearmoon leapt through time and restarted life as a twelve-year-old, everything has been going her way. Leveraging her memory of future events and — unwittingly — the delusions of those around her, she secures a source of wheat for the coming famine and prevents a civil war from breaking out. And then, at last, she manages to avert her own grisly death by guillotine, erasing from existence the very diary that foretold her doom! Things are going so well that she can't help but erupt into song and dance... ...Only to slam into a proverbial brick wall. And have the rug pulled out from under her. Just for good measure. That dreaded word — revolution — once again reaches her ears, only this time, it’s not in Tearmoon. She is horrified to learn that a popular uprising in Remno is threatening the stability of the entire kingdom. To make matters worse, her princely sweetheart, Abel, has gone home for the holidays, trapping him at the center of the chaos. To go, or not to go? That is the question. Should she brave danger to mount a rescue, or sit safe in the comfort of her own castle? Freed from the curse of the guillotine and faced with an uncertain future, what choice will Mia make?

Reset! The Imprisoned Princess Dreams of Another Chance!

Reset! The Imprisoned Princess Dreams of Another Chance!
Author: Kei Misawa
Publisher: Cross Infinite World
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2021-01-14
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1945341483

Can Magic Change Her Future? Days before her marriage to the king of the neighboring Sunruta Kingdom, Princess Annabel of Najir is abruptly betrayed by her fiancé and thrown into prison with her magic knight under suspicion of being a spy. After being held captive for months and informed her kingdom is no more, Annabel passes out in a burst of destructive magic, only to awaken as her twelve-year-old self, six years before her political marriage. Armed with knowledge of the dark future to come, she now has another chance to bring about a new fate. This is the story of Princess Annabel’s second chance at life, and her drive to stop the destruction of her kingdom.

Altina the Sword Princess: Volume 1

Altina the Sword Princess: Volume 1
Author: Yukiya Murasaki
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Total Pages: 199
Release: 2019-11-23
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1718364989

Inept with a sword, unable to ride a horse, and apathetic toward the empire he serves, Regis Aurick is a hopeless soldier who spends his days buried in books. Banished to the borderlands, he encounters a stirring young woman with red hair and ruby eyes. She is Fourth Princess Marie Quatre Argentina de Belgaria, known simply to Regis as Altina. “…Do you want to become my tactician or not?” Having sought him for his rumored strategic prowess, she aspires to reform an empire led by self-seeking nobles and driven to pointless wars, the legendary blade of an emperor, the Grand Tonnerre Quatre, at her hip. Continuously underestimated by her regiment, including her would-be tactician, the princess resolves to prove her worth beyond a shadow of a doubt—no matter the risk. Here is a tale of war, love, and politics, woven by the bookworm and the sword princess.

Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, Vol. 1 (light novel)

Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina, Vol. 1 (light novel)
Author: Jougi Shiraishi
Publisher: Yen Press LLC
Total Pages: 223
Release: 2020-01-28
Genre: Comics & Graphic Novels
ISBN: 197533311X

It's not about the destination...What’s your favorite story? Does it have a hero who slays a dragon and saves a princess? Or a child of prophecy destined for greatness? Well, my favorite story is a little different. It’s the tale of a witch who travels the world, seeking nothing in particular. With no quest of her own, she’s free to wander wherever the wind takes her, adding a few pages to the story of whomever she meets before setting off on her next adventure. At the end of her travels, the witch takes on an apprentice who will one day begin her own journey. And so the cycle continues, or so the story goes. Now, the witch who starts the story anew...who could she be?